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Facebook enables conversation to prevent suicide

Date
December 19, 2011
Author
Kate's Club
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Facebook enables conversation to prevent suicide
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For those who may feel depressed, are grieving, or dealing with a loss, the holidays may be a particularly tough time of the year.

As one of the largest online communities in the world, Facebook recently launched a new feature that enables users expressing suicidal thoughts to connect with a counselor through a confidential chat session triggered after a friend reports distressing content.

According to the National Association of School Psychologists, suicide is the third leading cause of death among youth between 10 and 19 years of age.

Are you looking for the signs of a loved one, friend, or colleague? Do you have any stories or suggestions you’d like to share here on the blog?

Would you like to share your story? Please get in touch with Kate's Club! KC has free grief support with grief resources, grief counseling resources, grief training, and volunteer work in Atlanta and surrounding places in Georgia. Kate's Club is a growing nonprofit in Atlanta with grief specialists for kids and young adults going through bereavement. Our goal is to make a world where it is okay to grieve.

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